A SYSTEM OF HERALDRY Speculative and Practical with the True Art of Blazon According to the Most Approved Heralds in Europe… In Two Volumes.
Printed by and for Alex Lawrie and Co. et al, 1804. Item #162863
2nd edn. 2 vols. 4to (13¾ x 8¼ ins). Contemporary full calf, spines gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting labels, boards with elaborate gilt tooled borders and edges (some chafing on boards and at edges - otherwise a VG set). Pp. [iv] + viii + 440 + xxii + [2] blank [&] [vi] + xvi + 191 + 300 + 49 + [3] blank, vol I illus with engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved plates in text and 24 at rear and vol II with 5 plates in text and 11 at rear, and some engravings in text of both vols (no inscriptions).
Price: £600.00
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